87. The staff's bad behavior has brought ________ to the whole company. (GRACEFUL)

88. Panda is _____________ to China only. (NATION)

89. Traditional _________ are a good source of fun and entertainment. (CELEBRATE)

90. The public were angry with the Minister's ______________ to tell the truth about the bribery. (REFUSE)

Fill each blank with an appropriate word formed from one of the words in the list below: similarity – suit – advise – value – fit – dispense – predict – water – foolish – warn

It is astonishing how many people set off to climb Mount Olympus in completely (91) ________ clothing. The weather conditions on the mountain are notoriously (92) _______but people are (93) ________ into thinking that just because the bottom is sunny, the summit will be (94) ______ warm and bright. Nothing could be further from the truth. Bearing in mind that " (95) _______ is forearmed", consult the local climbing club about likely conditions before setting off. Such local knowledge can be absolutely (96) ________ and you would, to put it mildly, be extremely (97) _________ to ignore it. Whatever the likely weather, a good pair of boots is (98) _______ and is some form of (99) _______. And it is a steep climb so it goes without saying that a reasonable level of (100) ________ is essential.

E. REWRITE WITHOUT CHANGING MEANING

101. It was wrong of you to allow a 4-year-old child to walk home alone.

- You should ................................................................................

102. I could realize how important the family is only after I left home.

- Not until ....................................................................................

103. Mrs. Green is proud of her son's contribution to the play.

- Mrs. Green is proud of what ........................................................

The director has overall responsibility for the artistic side of a production and must (111) ____ all the rehearsal and keep an (112) _____ on all the backstage and technical departments (113) _____. Directors tend to have (114) ______ personalities and can be temperamental. But the success or (115) _____ of a play is in their (116) ______. It is their job to (117) _____ out the imaginative qualities in the actors in order to get the best response from them. Some directors let actors decide on their own interpretation while (118) _____ give detailed instruction as to (119) ______ they want the parts to be played. Some directors also (120) ______ on duties, such as planning a season's program and supervising the budget.

Choose the suitable word to fill in each blank:

You can rob a bank without leaving your house these days. Who needs stocking (121)______, guns and getaway cars? If you're a computer whiz-kid, you could grab your first million (122)_______ with nothing more dangerous than a personal computer, a telephone and a modern to (123)_______them.

All you have to do is to dial into the networks which like the computers in large organizations together, type in a couple of passwords and you can rummage (124)_______in the information that's stored there (125)_______your heart's content. Fortunately it isn't always quite as easy as it appears. But, as more and more information is (126)_______and stored on computer, whether it is details of your bank account or the number of tins of baked beans in the stockroom at the supermarket, a computer crime seems set to grow.

A couple of months ago a newspaper reported that five British banks were being (127)_______to ransom by a gang of hackers who had managed to (128)_______their computer. The hackers were demanding money (129) _____revealing exactly how they did it. In case like this, banks may consider paying just so that they can protect themselves better in the future.

As with (130)________else, hackers start young in the States. A 12-year-old boy in Detroit was (131)_______of entering a company's credit rating computer and (132)_____the numbers he found there. His mother told reporters that he spent up to 14 hours on his computer during the weekend.

Prevention is probably easier than detection, and many companies now spend lots of time and money (133)______programs using passwords and codes. Of course all this is no use (134)_____if computer users tell each other their password, stick it on their screen so they don't (135)______it or use passwords like "password". It all happens. There are plenty of software companies which specialize in writing software that makes computers hacker-proof. One company in the States set (136)______to prove that its system can defeat hacker by asking over 2000 of them to try to hack it. The hackers were given 2 weeks to discover the secret message stored on 2 PCs in offices in New York and San Francisco. The message (137)______: "The persistent hunter who (138)____his prize (139)______becomes the hunted." You will be relieved – or perhaps disappointed – to learn that (140)______hacker managed it.

121. A. covers B. veils C. masks D. helmets

122. A. supported B. armed C. provided D. tampered

123. A. connect B. link C. combine D. join

124. A. further B. out C. about D. off

125. A. off B. to C. with D. within

126. A. dealt B. progressed C. tackled D. processed

127. A. held B. asked C. kept D. captured

128. A. turn off B. break into C. get into D. come up with

129. A. on the verge of B. with exception of C. in answer to D. in return for

130. A. anything B. everybody C. nothing D. somebody

131. A. able B. capable C. possible D. enabled

132. A. scattering B. dumping C. distributing D. loading

133. A. thinking B. discovering C. devising D. manufacturing

134. A. of all B. in all C. even D. whatsoever

135. A. forget B. notice C. bother D. mention

136. A. about B. out C. off D. away

137. A. read B. is read C. was reading D. had been read

138. A. offers B. reaches C. obtains D. wins

139. A. now and then B. now and again C. sooner or later D. safe and sound

140. A. none B. not any C. neither D. hardly

G. Read the following passages and choose the best answer to the questions:

KETCHUP

The sauce that is today called ketchup ( or catsup) in Western cultures is a tomato_based sauce that is quite distinct from Eastern ancestors of this product. A sauce called ke-tjap was in used in China at least as early as the 17th century, but the Chinese version of the sauce was made of picked fish, shellfish, and spices. The popularity of this Chinese sauce spread to Singapore and Malaysia, where it was called kechap. The Indonesian ketjab derives its name from the same source of the Malysian sauce but is made from very different ingredients. The Indonesian ketjab is made by cooking black soy beans, fermenting them, placing them in a salt brine for at least a week , cooking the resulting solution further, and sweetening it heavily; this process results in a dark, thick and sweet variation of soy sauce.

Early in the 18th century, sailors from the Bristish navy came across this exotic sauce on voyages to Malaysia and Singapore and brought samples of it back to England on return voyages. English chefs tried to recreate the sauce but were unable to do exactly because key ingredients were unknown or unavailable in England; chefs ended up substituting ingredients such as mushrooms and walnuts in an attempt to recreate the special taste of the original Asian sauce. Variations of this sauce became quite the rage in the 18th century England, appearing in a number of recipe books and features as an exotic addition to menus from the period.

The English version did not contain tomatoes, and it was not until the end of the 18th century that tomatoes became a main ingredients in the ketchup of the United States. It is quite notable that tomatoes were added to the sauce and that tomatoes had previously been considered quite dangerous to health. That tomato had been cultivated by the Aztecs, who had called it tomalt; however, early botanists had recognized that tomato was a member of the Solanecaea family, wich does include a number of poisonous plant. The leaves of the tomato plant are poisonous, though of course the fruit is not.

Thomas Jefferson, who cultivated the tomato in his gardens at Monticello and served dishes containing tomatoes at lavish feasts, often receive credit for changing the reputation of the tomato. Soon after Jefferso had introduced the tomato to American society, recipes combining the new fashinonabe tomato with the equally fashionable and exotic sauce known as ketchap began to appear. By the middle of the 19th century, both of the tomato and tomato ketchup were stables of the American kitchen.

Tomato ketchup,popular though it was,was quite time-consuming to prepare. In 1876,the first mass-produced tomato ketchup, a product of German-American Henry Heizn,went on sale and achieved immediate success. From tomato ketchup, Heizn branched out into a number of other products, including various sauces, pickles, and relishes.

141. It is not stated in paragraph 1 that

A. the Chinese sauce was in existence in the 17th century B. the Malaysian sauce was similar to the Chinese sauce C. the Chinese sauce was made from seafood and speciesD. the Indonesian sauce was similar to the Chinese sauce

142. "it" in paragraph 1 refers to

A. a salt brineB. a weekC. the resulting solutionD. this process

143. What ingredient is not used to make Indonesian sauce?

A. soy beans B. sugarC. saltD. mushrooms

144. It can be inferred from the second paragraph that mushrooms and walnuts were

A. difficult to find in England B. not part of the original Asian recipeC. not native to England D. transported to England to Asia

145. The phrase "became quite the rage" in paragraph 2 means

A. became an angerB. became strange C. became popularD. became a protest

146. The author mentions the English version at the beginning of the third paragraph in order to

A. indicate what will be discussed in the coming paragraphB. explain why tomatoes were considered dangerous C. make a reference to the topic of the previous pharagraphD. provide an example of a sauce using tomatoes

147. According to the paragraph 3, the tomato plant

A. was considered poisonous plants B. is related to some poisonous plantsC. has edible leavesD. has fruit tat is sometimes quite poisonous

149. Where in paragraph 4 can the following sentence go in? "It turned from very bad to exceedingly good"

A. at the beginning of the paragraph 4B. before the sentence " Soon after Jefferson …"C. before the sentence "By the middle of the 19th century …"D. at the end of the paragraph 4

150. Tomato ketchup is closest to the word

A. ketchapB. ke-tjapC. ketjabD. kechap

THE BEATLES

In the 1960s, The Beatles were probably the most famous pop group in the whole world. Since then, there have been a great many groups that have achieved enormous fame, so it is perhaps difficult now to imagine how sensational The Beatles were at that time. They were four boys from the north of England and none of them had any training in music. They started by performing and recording songs by black Americans and they had some success with these songs. Then they started writing their own songs and that was when they became really popular. The Beatles changed pop music. They were the first pop group to achieve great success from songs they had written themselves. After that it became common for groups and singers to write their own songs. The Beatles did not have a long career. Their first hit record was in 1963 and they split up in 1970. They stopped doing live performances in 1966 because it had become too dangerous for them – their fans were so excited that they surrounded them and tried to take their clothes as souvenirs! However, today some of their songs remain as famous as they were when they first came out. Throughout the world many people can sing part of a Beatles song if you ask them.

151. The passage is mainly about

A. How the Beatles became more successful than other groupsB. Why the Beatles split up after 7 yearsC. The Beatles' fame and successD. Many people's ability to sing a Beatles song

152. The four boys of the Beatles

A. Came from the same familyB. Were at the same ageC. Came from a town in the north of EnglandD. Received good training in music

153. The word "sensational" is closest in meaning to

A. NotoriousB. BadC. ShockingD. Popular

154. The first songs of the Beatles were

A. Written by themselvesB. Broadcast on the radioC. Paid a lot of moneyD. Written by black Americans

155. What is not true about the Beatles?

A. The members had no training in musicB. They had a long stable careerC. They became famous when they wrote their own songsD. They were afraid of being hurt by fans

156. The Beatles stopped their live performances because

A. They had earned enough moneyB. They did not want to work with each otherC. They spent more time writing their own songsD. They were afraid of being hurt by fans.

157. The year 1970 was the time when

A. They split upB. They changed pop musicC. They started their careerD. They stopped singing live

158. What the fans of the Beatles often did was

A. Sing together with themB. Take their clothes as souvenirsC. Ask them to write more songsD. Ask them why they should separate

159. Some songs of the Beatles now

A. Are still famous as they used to beB. Became too old to singC. Are sung by crazy fansD. Are the most famous

160. The tone of the passage is that of

A. AdmirationB. CriticismC. NeutralD. Sarcasm

ĐÁP ÁN ĐỀ NGHỊ

1.

D

51.

D

2.

B

52.

C

3.

B

53.

C

4.

A

54.

B

5.

C

55.

A

6.

B

56.

D

7.

B

57.

D

8.

B

58.

A

9.

B

59.

C

10.

B

60.

D

11.

A

61.

D

12.

C

62.

C

13.

B

63.

B

14.

C

64.

B

15.

A

65.

A

16.

D

66.

C

17.

C

67.

C

18.

D

68.

A

19.

D

69.

D

20.

C

70.

A

21.

D

71.

B

22.

C

72.

B

23.

C

73.

D

24.

D

74.

B

25.

A

75.

B

26.

B

76.

A

27.

D

77.

C

28.

D

78.

D

29.

B

79.

D

30.

B

80

B

31.

C

81.

standing

32.

C

82.

authorized

33.

C

83.

alternatives

34.

A

84.

indistinguishable

35.

D

85.

incomparable

36.

C

86.

deadened

37.

B

87.

disgrace

38.

A

88.

native

39.

A

89.

celebrations

40.

D

90.

refusal

41.

B

91.

unsuitable

42.

A

92.

unpredictable

43.

B

93.

fooled

44.

C

94.

similarly

45.

A

95.

Forewarned

46.

C

96.

valuable

47.

D

97.

inadvisable

48.

C

98.

indispensable

49.

B

99.

waterproof

50.

C

100.

fitness

101. You should not have allowed a four-year-old child to walk home alone.

102. Not until I left home could I realize how important the family is.

103. Mrs. Green is proud of what her son can contribute / contributes to the play.

104. Hardly any young engineers were recruited.

105. We have booked five rooms, only two of which have air conditioning.

106. It looks as if she will come to the performance late.

107. Had it not been for Mom's help, I could not have held a big party.

108. The harder you work, the more successful you are.

109. Such was Fiona's disappointment that she could not keep on working.

110. Competent as/ though Richard is / may be in his work, he does not know how to deal with this client.